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If you've been following my SDG posts (here and here), you are probably at the point of asking what exactly we should be doing about them. Fair enough. I've burned two blog posts and about 2000 words on the problems I see with the new SDGs. As I tell my students, it doesn't take a lot of talent to dismantle something. You have to tear it down and put something new in its place. So, in this spirit, my suggestions for how to get out of the ditch that the SDGs appear to currently occupy are threefold:
- Engage the donors now, not later. Start this process by narrowing the indicators, targets, and goals, and ensuring that the goals are actually achievable
- Engage the climate negotiations. The flows of money under the likely climate agreement are huge, and will impact all development goals, therefore impacting the achievement of the SDGs. Further, donors are already engaged on the climate negotiations, so linking the SDGs to those negotiations will likely increase donor interest in the SDG process.
- Engage the implementers. If you want to productively reduce the number of indicators, targets, and goals, talk to the people who will have to take the money and achieve those goals. By working with implementers, the SDG process could reduce all of these indicators, targets, and goals (thus driving donors to the table) while ensuring that whatever emerges from the process is actually achievable
1. Engage the donors:
A few caveats from my Wilton Park experience:
1) I know that if we are going to get "beyond aid" and start thinking about innovative partnerships for development, we are going to have to get past the donor-recipient binary. However, refusing to call a spade a spade doesn't make change happen. The fact is that USAID, DfID, GIZ, JICA, and all the other bilateral organizations are, more or less, donors. So is the World Bank. So we can call them "development partners" all we want, but they will still behave like donors (making plans, issuing edicts, programming on institutional/national interests instead of beneficiary interests, etc.) – behavior change takes a long time. Remember, many bilateral donors already call themselves "Cooperation" organizations (e.g. Spanish Cooperation, Swiss Cooperation)…but they still behave like donors.
2) The flows of development aid are, in many places, already dwarfed by flows of foreign direct investment and other flows of money. In some contexts, remittances may well be as important as formal aid. So we shouldn't over-privilege donors or their aid funds in this conversation. Indeed, it is the declining power of aid dollars that has spurred the "beyond aid" conversation in the post-2015 agenda.
All that said, much of the politics of development still flow through development donors/partners, and this is not going to change before the SDGs are formalized. I've heard a bit of grumbling about traditional donor organizations' lack of serious engagement with the SDG process. I have little time for this, as nobody should find this lack of engagement surprising. As I said in my first post, a set of goals that allows everyone to evade responsibility, and enables practically everything currently implemented under the heading "development", is not going to get a response from the donors. If the process won't have any effect on what they do, why should they care?
Some might see this lack of engagement as a good thing, an opportunity to craft a development agenda outside the agendas of the donors. I disagree with this strongly. The donors will eventually engage, especially if the SDGs move toward formal commitments. Such commitments might create responsibilities and constraints on actions and agendas – at which point, the donors will engage to shape the agenda to their interests. Because the SDG process has churned along without the donors to this point, the current indicators, targets, and goals are likely not well-aligned with donor interests. Without suggesting that donor interests are necessarily good, remember that the politics of development and aid still flow through these organizations, and when they engage they will have one of two effects: they will either heavily reshape the SDGs to their interests, or they will marginalize the entire process to the point of irrelevance. In either case, those running the SDG process will find themselves in a reactive position, and will lose control of the process. If the SDGs are to be more than what donors already want and do, the process must engage the donors now.
How do we engage the donors? One way is to reduce the absurd number of indicators, targets, and goals. Once you start taking away the ability to justify everything, donors are going to have to start looking at these goals and their own portfolios. Where there are mismatches, the donors are likely to engage. Another way is to carefully review the targets and goals and ensure that all could be achieved in the next 15 years with reasonable ambition. This will create a situation where accountability for their achievement becomes important, which likely drives the donors to the table. Getting the donors to the table now means there will be time to negotiate with them to develop a set of workable SDGs. Waiting until the last minute will either subvert what has, to this point, been a very open process as the SDGs are heavily reworked or even shunted into irrelevance at the 11th hour in negotiations.
2. Engage the UNFCCC negotiation process
While the development community has two big processes coming to the fore this year (the Third Conference on Financing for Development and the SDGs), there is a third, and arguably far more important, process coming to a head: the climate negotiations under the UNFCCC. By the Paris Conference of the Parties in December, I fully expect that there will be a deal on the table that discusses transfers of funds from rich to poor countries that will broadly 1) enable adaptation to ongoing climate change impacts and 2) facilitate the development of these countries through low-greenhouse emission pathways. The amounts of money on the table are likely to rival, if not displace, formal development aid, and they will be used to address issues that development aid traditionally covered. Yet the SDGs do not meaningfully engage with the likely outcomes of this process. Yes, proposed SDG 13 demands we "Tackle climate change and its impacts" and that goal recognizes the size of financial flows likely to emerge from the upcoming climate deal ($100 billion per year at a minimum, which would rival all of formal development aid). But simply acknowledging that there will be a climate deal with a lot of money attached doesn't align the SDGs with that money. These flows of money will likely impact every SDG – indeed, we should expect them to. A climate deal that moves funds to the poorer countries is two things: an acknowledgement that climate change impacts will likely inhibit their efforts to improve the quality of life of their citizens and residents, and a recognition that the climate change impacts of their development could become problems for even the wealthy countries.
Because climate funds will engage development issues and goals, they are going to create attribution problems and therefore further responsibility problems for the SDGs. For example, if exposure to increasingly variable precipitation is a significant challenge for a group of rain-fed agriculturalists who find themselves in a challenging financial situation, and the funds from the climate deal help to provide seasonal forecasts that alleviate some of this stress, will the SDGs get to claim victory for the increased yields and incomes that result? Or will the climate negotiators get to use this case as an example of why a climate deal was a good idea? Worse, if these funds don't actually result in constructive changes to the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable, who will be to blame?
Engaging the climate negotiations would also help to bring the donors to the table, as the donors and their national governments are already engaged on the climate negotiation process. Linking the SDGs to this process 1) creates a more realistic view of how these goals will be funded and achieved and 2) will likely drive the donors to the SDG table to ensure the SDGs are aligned with the climate agreement.
3. Engage the implementation community:
It is pretty obvious that these goals were written in a policy context that lacked significant input from anyone who would have to achieve these goals. Nearly all of my critiques in the previous two posts were based in the practical challenges these goals would present for implementation: the lack of responsibility for their achievement, the enabling of a huge range of actions under what masquerades as a focused set of goals, and the creation of goals that potentially undermine each other are all apparent when you've spent time building programs to actually achieve these goals, or had to execute the work under those programs. If you want goals that are either aspirational or focusing, you need to incorporate a lot of feedback from the implementation community.
Engaging the implementation community could serve as a means of narrowing the indicators, targets, and goals as I suggested is necessary to get donors to the table. It would kill two birds with one stone – it would get us a set of achievable, interesting SDGs while forcing donors to engage with the process before the 11th hour.
Save the SDGs!
There is still time to break the SDGs out of the multilateral bubble in which they were constructed and make this a proactive process that can bring together the many important trends reshaping development today (climate change negotiations, new flows of investment, etc.) into a coherent program that gives us targets to aim for, and a reasonable focus for development going forward. The three steps above would go a long way toward this end. I hope to see something like this start very soon.


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Check out the impressive Buddhist-style Independence Monument. It's also an impressive view at night. Spend hours observing the exhibits of thousands of Khmer art at the National Museum of Cambodia. Wander the gorgeous grounds of the museum too.
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'Predictions': Local artists' expressions of a future world
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The art exhibit
"Predictions" opened on a snowy and blustery evening to a steady stream of
gallery visitors. "Predictions" is the premiere event for the Logan County
Art Association. The show began Dec. 20 and runs until Jan. 12 at the
Lincoln Art Institute.
Christopher Tice, professor of art at
Lincoln College, created a multi-layered piece he calls "Utility,"
essentially his view of what the world would resemble after a fire
consumed the planet. The piece is an amalgam of ordinary objects he
placed on a container and finished off in his backyard forge. While
the melted objects retain their shapes and seem random, Tice has
created symmetry on the surface. He then mounted a video projector
above the piece that shows a subtle movement, a cycle to time, in
his words. "I am trying to create a visual effect on a physical
surface," Tice explained.
For the exhibit, Lincoln High
School teacher Jason Hoffman submitted three pieces that explore his
current focus on the link between a museum exhibit and one for an
art gallery. "My pieces explore a survival aspect, whether it is the
end of the world or a new beginning, and how we as individuals
respond to mortality," he said. To Hoffman, art is something he
thinks about every day -- how what he sees can be translated into
something that speaks about the issues we face in everyday life.
Moses Pinkerton, the host for the exhibit, also contributed
several pieces. "If a piece of my art turns out right, people should
be able to look at one of my works and tell what it is saying," he
said. He is not a big fan of the abstract movement. His piece
"Ripe," a hand holding an Earth burgeoning with possibilities, is a
personal view about the potential available to all of the occupants
of our planet.
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Bonnie Mayo's two paintings strongly express her optimism, with
themes showing the sun rising on a landscape still occupied and
changed by people. For her, art is "a process of thinking about a
subject for several weeks and then getting to a point where it is
time to put paint on canvas," she said. "I wake up one day and know
the time is right to create the actual painting." She is also
careful to use a frame that accentuates the focus and colors of her
While the photos accompanying this article give a sense of what
the artists want to convey, the exhibit definitely needs to be seen
in person to appreciate the creativity.
The show "Predictions" is open at the Lincoln Art Institute, 112
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Breaking News now confirmed . . . Spencer Osborne accused of Bigamy!
"Lt. Dave Young . . . . said the bigamy case began several months ago with an anonymous tip that Osborne was married to two women. . . . According to court records, when Osborne married Tucker Osborne on Nov. 11, he already was married to Gidget Harris. When he married Harris on Feb. 12, 2005, he already was married to Tonya Washington. Osborne married Washington on Sept. 18, 1999. Washington divorced him June 15, 2005."


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The past few years the vampire film has changed from what began as a horrifying creature to a seductive animal, followed by more creatures and finally with the TWILIGHT films a vampire more interested in seduction than say draining blood. All that changed with a well received Swedish film called LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.
As with most movies that have success that come from foreign markets, Hollywood made the decision to remake it as an English language film in the hopes of attracting a wider audience. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. For me, this one works and works well. And for viewers who would rather not follow subtitles this movie should do the trick.
Directed by CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves it's not so much a remake of the movie as it in an interpretation of the book. Reeves has gone on to say that he spoke with the author and found that his take on the book was what the author was attempting to discuss which was going through the awkward teen years set in a vampire story. It clicks here and Reeves does a great job.
Set in Los Alamos, New Mexico, we find ourselves in the midst of winter. Young Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a small boy prone to being bullied while at school. Living with his mother (a woman trapped in her own problems with a failed marriage, devout religious follower and alcoholic in training) Owen leads a lonely life. There are no other kids in their apartment complex and he spends most of his time sitting on the frozen playground outside in the snow. Until a new neighbor shows up.
Rarely seen this new neighbor moves into the apartment next door and at times Owen can hear conversations through the walls. The only person he sees is an older man (Richard Jenkins) who goes in and out of the apartment. Then one night Owen meets Abby (Chloe Moretz) who lets him know up front that they can't be friends. But friends they do become.
Owen confides in her about the bullying at school. She advises him to just take the bully on up front, that he'll back down once Owen lets himself stop being pushed around. She also lets him know that if need be she'll be there to back him up.
What Owen doesn't know is that Abby is a vampire. The man she lives with isn't really her father but the man who takes care of her, supplying her with fresh blood that he extracts from victims he kills and then drains. When a draining goes wrong, Owen can hear two voices arguing, neither of which sounds like a child. Due to this accident, Abby is forced to go out and feed on her own.
Owen and Abby become close friends. Both lead lonely lives but find comfort in one another's company. Each is the companion the other thought they'd never have. But would this be the case if Owen truly knew what Abby was?
While this story unfolds the police are searching for the savage killer on the streets. The bullies continue to give Owen a hard time as we wait to see if he calls their bluff. And the time draws near where we discover if Abby will reveal herself to Owen or not. And if she does, what will be his response?
The surface of this movie is a horror film with a few gory moments tossed in for those fans but a more horrifying tale that smolders beneath. It's less about the attacks and bloodshed of the vampire and more about what it takes to survive, especially while being 12 years old for so long. Gone is the romantic adolescent version of vampirism and in its place a deeper story of what it's like to be lonely in the middle of a world full of people.
Each actor does a fantastic job, most importantly the two young leads. For either of them to carry the weight and depth of their characters is something worth watching, for both of them to do so is amazing. Jenkins does a good job but is relegated to little in this film. And Elias Koteas as the detective searching for a killer does a tremendous job.
It seems that many horror fans have taken a liking to blood drenched horror that offers multiple mutilations these days. For those that like something to think about, that plays as much with your mind as it does your stomach, this is a movie that will whet your appetite. The pacing may be slow, but there's a reason for that. This is a story that unfolds rather than slaps you in the face. And a good story at that.


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BERWICK, Maine — Two individuals suspected of robbing the Kennebunk Savings Bank last Friday were arrested late Wednesday night in Massachusetts.
BERWICK, Maine — Two individuals suspected of robbing the Kennebunk Savings Bank last Friday were arrested late Wednesday night in Massachusetts.
According to Berwick Police Capt. Jerry Locke, Michel David D'Angelo, 33, and Jennica Miller, 21, both of the Fall River, Mass. area, were arrested at around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday by members of both the FBI and Middleborough Police Department.
On Friday, Sept. 21, police responded to the report of a bank robbery at approximately 11:54 a.m. at the Kennebunk Savings Bank, located at 2 School St.
The robber, described by witnesses on scene as a man dressed as a woman, was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, red/pink colored pants, and white sneakers.
The individual had long brown hair with white surgical tape on the knuckles of both hands. He was also carrying a black and white checkered purse.
The robber, who entered the bank and made a verbal demand for cash, also stated he had a bomb. The suspect, who never displayed any weapons during the robbery, later fled on foot via Back Road.
Last Friday's bank robbery occurred within minutes of a reported stabbing at a residence only 1 mile from the Kennebunk Savings Bank. Police believe the stabbing, which turned out to be false, may have been used as a diversion for Friday's robbery.
Also last Friday, police apprehended a redheaded suspect following a chase through several backyards shortly after the robbery. Police are still determining whether this individual, who was interviewed and later released, played any role in these events.
According to Locke, both D'Angelo and Miller are being held by authorities in Massachusetts on fugitive from justice charges and other charges out of Massachusetts. The investigation is still ongoing with additional details to follow.


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@ chriscalef : that is caused by me packaging the wrong D3DCompiler_47.DLL. What was the exact package that produced this error? The x64 example or editor?
@ razvanab : In the editor or the example project? Or both? The mouse and camera movement are all interpolated, which seems to come out kind of terrible in really low framerate situation. Perhaps I need to improve my algorithm.
Thanks again everyone for testing I've already fixed a bunch of bugs and added a new features such as Alpha Threshold:
Things are going exactly as I had hoped. The results from people testing are revealing various mini-bugs and usability problems that I'm addressing. It seems I let the people with older hardware down. The only renderer working for them is Direct3D9 and it has various broken features. I'm fully aware of where the issues are coming from and the next release will have a much more functional Direct3D9. I don't want to release too often, but I think I may have another one ready to go in two weeks or so, I've already fixed 6 bugs and added a new feature since release.


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Saturday's Cocktails: Sangria
My drink of choice lately has been sangria. It's always been a favorite of mine, and it makes me think of summer, Spain, and good times. Here is an excellent recipe from Food Network that makes some of the tastiest sangria I've found.
You'll Need
- 1 orange, sliced thin
- 1 lemon, sliced thin
- 2 tablespoons superfine granulated sugar, or to taste
- 1 bottle chilled dry red wine
- 1/2 cup cognac
- 1/4 cup orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier or Cointreau
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 cup chilled seltzer or club soda
- Ice cubes
In a bowl, muddle the orange and lemon slices with the sugar with a wooden spoon. Add the red wine, cognac, orange liqueur, and orange juice. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Transfer to a pitcher, chill until ready to serve and then stir in seltzer and add ice cubes.
While I'm not a huge fan of the glasses (I've always drank my sangria out of a tumbler), this pitcher is fantastic. Available at Barware.com.
Allure Magazine is Giving Stuff Away Again!
Allure always gives away the best stuff. I'm always surprised that I never try to win anything - I mean, it can't be that hard, right? But I have so much stuff anyway, and I can't ever keep the dates straight. I should probably utilize my iCal for that sort of thing.
At any rate, February brings Shiseido skin care, RoC Complete Eyelift Pens, Bliss daily moisturizer, Rimmel mascara, and much more.
Head on over to Allure to check it all out.
Loving: MAC's Penultimate Liner
It's probably hard to tell in this photo, but today was the first day that I took out my Penultimate liner by MAC, overcame my fear, and gave it a shot. I love it! It's soooo easy to use and gives an excellent finish. Nice and carbon-y black, this pen gives you the boldness of a liquid liner in a pen form; or perhaps I should say a stiff brush with which to apply it, which has always been key to good liquid liner, in my opinion.
Now, the bad news: this is a limited edition item, which means that once it's gone, it's gone. Originally part of the Chill collection, I was told by a SA that it probably wouldn't become a permanent item in their line. Personally, I'm heading back to the counter to pick up about four of these, because I can't imagine liquid liner being any easier.
With Love, Michael Kors Set
I love Michael Kors. Seriously, I just adore everything he does, from his jeans to his fragrance. I've posted about his Very Pretty fragrance before, and now he's got even more coming out for me to get all excited about.
This set has three different fragrances: Very Pretty, which is described as "sparkling citrus and drenched coconut with sheer white florals, vetiver and sandalwood; Eau de Parfum, the iconic tuberose balanced with spices, sensual woods and incense; Eau de Toilette, a lighter and softer way to wear the Eau de Parfum.
The best part? They come in a set of rollerballs! I love rollerballs for travel - they are compact and fit just about anywhere, unlike a larger bottle. The box is lovely, and would make an excellent Valentine's Day gift. Retails for about $40.
Clarins Offers a Winter Skin & Body Set Free with Free Shipping
If anyone is as big of a fan of Clarins as I am, be sure to take advantage of this great offer. I always find something new to love when I get Clarins samples.
Essentially, you receive a free gift set and free shipping when you spend $75. Make sure to use the code CLRNEW when you place your order.
75% off Bags at E.L.F.
Doing some traveling soon? I am. I'm going to Salt Lake City next week, New York City for Fashion Week in February, and Lexington, Kentucky in March. I'm sure there will be a few other trips tucked in there too, as I get antsy if I stay in one place for too long.
What with all that traveling, I tend to go through makeup bags fairly quickly. I also tend to carry at least three for various different things. So when I got the email from E.L.F. about their sale, I jumped all over it.
Use the code 75OFF to get 75% off the clearance makeup bags. Happy shopping!
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin Available at Sephora
I was just talking about this one, and I can't wait to get my hands on it. Sin is one of my go-to colors in eyeshadow (it works with everything and blends like a dream), and having a primer in this color is going to eliminate at least one of my beauty steps!
If you are a Beauty Insider at Sephora, then you can get your hands on it right now. If you're not a Beauty Insider yet, head on over there and sign up - it's free, and you'll get lots of great samples to try out when you make a purchase.
If you are already a Beauty Insider, then head on over and grab yours!
Welcome to Our New Contributor!
You may notice a new name over there in the "contributors" column. Before it was just me and my little photo, but now we have some new blood to bring some life to Daily Dose of Coffee. Please meet Anna, who will no doubt have some fun and slightly sarcastic things to tell you about all things beauty, fashion, and pop culture.
Welcome Anna!
This Week on Beautiful! Fabulous!
I have an article talking about spring nail polish trends. Head on over there and check it out!
How to Wear It: Leg Warmers
Not too long ago, I had a friend ask me, via Twitter, if I had any suggestions on wearing leg warmers this season.
My first reaction was along the lines of, "unless you're at dance class, just don't." Then I came across some super cute cashmere leg warmers. Then I had to rethink my entire leg warmer stance.
These leg warmers, as photographed by paintedbooklady are super. And those shoes are super as well.
And katrinkles wears them really well here, too!
So then I realized what the common denominator in all the "cute" photos I found: they were wearing them like socks, and usually with a skirt and comfy shoes.
I personally love this approach. It makes you look warm and bundled up without wearing bulky pants. And since I find all hosery interesting (bright tights, anyone?) I think you can really make this look work.
I would only warn against one thing: don't wear them over your jeans. Just don't. We did that in the early (mid?) 80's, and it looked weird then. It doesn't look any better now.
Other than that, rock on with your cute knitted legwarmers! I might be picking up some for myself on Etsy.com.
Urban Decay's Spring Collection Makes Me Want to Shop
I've been browsing over at UrbanDecay.com's website, and I have SO MANY things that I simply must have. They have some seriously great things coming out!
First up, their cream shadow. They have some of the same gorgeous colors that you find in their powder shadows, and some fun new twists. These are actually silicone based and are easy to blend and build. You can combine these with powder shadows as well, and of course it will work better with Primer Potion. I want Asphalt, Rehab, Suburbia, Grass, and Delinquent.
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Midnight Cowboy also makes an appearance in a new Heavy Metal Glitter Liner alongside Stagedive (turquoise), Catfight (dark pink), and Groupie (pale pink). These are always fun for a night out. I only have one, but it comes in handy.
I also heard a little rumor that Beauty Insiders can take advantage of the new Primer Potion in Sin over at Sephora. Why I haven't done that yet is beyond me, since Sin is my absolute favorite shade of anything Urban Decay has ever done.
What do you think about Urban Decay's new collection? Are you a fan? I've been wearing them for so long that I'm excited to have some new products in the mix.


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If you're too young to remember when "Embrace of the Vampire" came out then I'm sorry for you. The 1995 flick where Alyssa Milano pretty much just got busy with anyone who came on screen was pretty much the deviant's "Titanic" when I was younger. But good news for the youth of today. A remake of the film is in the works and filming has officially begun with Sharon Hinnendael in the staring role. 99% sure Milano will not be making a surprise cameo in the film.
Oh Halle Berry, where did we go wrong? Not "we" like Halle Berry and I were ever an item. Not that I can confirm at least. I say no comment on the subject. You can draw your own conclusions. But I mean where did we go wrong that you won an Oscar just over ten years ago and now you're starring in "The Hive" which just landed the WWE as its co-financier and co-producer. What's next, Halle? Cinamax porn!? Actually that would be pretty cool.
"Screaming in High Heels" is a new documentary that tells the tale of 2 of the biggest B-movie scream queens of the 80's. Originally edited for TV the full on unrated version of the film will finally see the DVD treatment on August 28th of this year. It'll be a nice walk down memory lane for me to hear Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer talk about the films that made me the man I am today. I should probably hate them shouldn't I.
Craig Bierko has been confirmed for the cast of "Scary Movie 5". I think we'll all sleep a little better tonight.


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Hotel towel dilemma: Replace or reuse?
By Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 6th March 2013
Dan Condon believes in recycling. Just not when it comes to his hotel towels.
Condon composts when he's at home in Boulder, Colorado. He eats local, organic and fair-trade food and drives a Honda CR-Z hybrid sports car.
You might call him green.
Except he's not so green when he travels for his work at an education nonprofit and stays in a hotel, which happens about 10 weeks per year. There, he uses a new towel every day. And don't try to bribe him with a drink or dessert coupon to get him to reuse the same one.
"I could care less about rewards for environmentally conscious behavior unless it's miles," Condon wrote in an e-mail.
If hotels can't convince a hybrid-driving recycling enthusiast like Condon to go green while traveling, how can they possibly convince everyone else?
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That's the problem of hotels trying to "green" your hotel stay. After guests have paid a pretty penny for a night at the inn, even the most environmental guests may want to treat themselves to fresh towels every day and those little bottles of sweet-smelling shampoo.
Despite the fact that most people describe themselves in surveys as environmentally conscious and as preferring green products, there's a big gap between consumer attitudes and consumer behaviors when it comes to going green, said
Michael Giebelhausen
, a marketing professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
"It can be nice to have fresh towels, and not doing so is a sacrifice," said Giebelhausen, whose current research focuses on the impact of hotel sustainability programs on guest satisfaction. "Participating requires some effort, and there's some cost to be incurred on the part of the consumer."
Guests who go green are happy
Nearly 90% of hotel guests are offered the chance to do something sustainable during their stays, and about two-thirds will participate, according to Giebelhausen's analysis of 2011 data from the J.D. Power and Associates North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study.
Those guests who participate in a hotel's green programs report that they are more satisfied with their stays than guests who do not participate. Participating in a hotel's sustainability program provides "a feeling that it was good to be green, it made them feel good about themselves, and that translated to the service provider," Giebelhausen said.
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"These guests, who are ostensibly receiving a lower level of service, report being more satisfied overall with their stay."
There's just one catch: Guests who don't participate in voluntary sustainability programs reported the lowest levels of satisfaction with their hotel stays. "One explanation for these findings is that when people don't live up to their ideals, and vice versa, this affects how satisfied they are with the entity that presented them this 'moral dilemma,'" Giebelhausen said.
Sustainability is becoming the norm
It makes business sense for hotels to go green: Increasing sewage rates, stricter water use requirements and more recycling options are all convincing hotels to reduce their water and energy costs, said hotel industry veteran Pat Maher, an environmental consultant and
"green guru"
for the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
More than 75% of U.S. hotels have linen and towel reuse programs, 59% have guest or internal recycling programs, and 46% have a water-saving program, according to a 2012 American Hotel & Lodging Association survey of its members.
They also have "back of the house" programs that include low-flow shower heads, faucets and toilets; energy-efficient light bulbs, high-efficiency appliances and other efforts. Some are required by local governments; others just make business sense.
That translates into real dollars: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that hotels and other lodging facilities use more than 510 trillion BTU of energy annually at a cost of more than $7.4 billion. That energy use generates 54 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, equal to the emissions from more than 11 million passenger vehicles, according to the agency.
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that the lodging industry could save $745 million annually by reducing energy use by 10%. That translates to 60 cents more revenue per room night at limited-service hotels and $2 at full-service hotels.
Annoyed that the hotel's bottom line benefits from your sacrifice? Some hotels are trying to make water-saving behavior pay for their guests. Participating
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Some hotels are making green cool.
It seems to be an easier sell for hip, higher-end chains like Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group's properties, which cultivate an edgier base of customers. About 85% of hotel guests participate in the chain's towel and sheet reuse program, said Mike DeFrino, Kimpton's executive vice president of hotel operations.
Bill Kimpton started the boutique hotel chain by rehabbing older buildings and turning them into hotels. Although Kimpton died in 2001, the company that bears his name still has the reputation he cultivated. Most locations welcome guests to mingle at a lobby cocktail hour, lounge in their animal-print robes and bring their pets on their stay. And many locations will lend guests a goldfish as part of the Guppy Love program.
"I think our guests expect us to push the envelope and try things that are different than what the mass-appeal hotels are doing," DeFrino said.
DeFrino's convinced that some guests don't actually mean to ask for new towels but are much like his teenage daughter, who tosses her towels on the floor at home for no good reason. "Once it's on the floor, you're going to get a clean towel," he said. (Hotel guests, not his daughter.)
The pressure on a mid-priced chain
It's trickier for other hotel chains, where sustainability isn't necessarily part of the appeal to the customer.
The mid-priced chains are competing for a more price-sensitive business and leisure traveler. Hampton Inn, which offers a hot breakfast at its nearly 1,900 company-owned and franchise locations across the country, has two environmentally friendly options for disposable plates, bowls and cutlery: 100% biodegradable Enviroware or Taterware, a resin material made from potato starch.
The chain's takeout coffee cup sleeves are made from 100% recycled fiber, and the towel reuse program simply asks customers using a door hanger to "reuse or replace" towels. No big deal either way, the sign suggests.
"We're delivering these messages in a light-hearted way. ... It's not preachy or paternalistic," said Jennifer Silberman, vice president of corporate responsibility for Hilton Worldwide, which owns Hampton.
More happens behind the scenes at Hampton, which benefits from
, Hilton's company-wide sustainability system that tracks the sustainability of 200 operational practices at nearly 3,900 properties around the world. Hilton has saved more than $147 million since 2008 through efficiency projects, including reporting through LightStay, Silberman said.
Satisfying the luxury guest
You'd think environmental sustainability programs would hit a roadblock with luxury guests, who want the best of everything. Not so, said Sue Stephenson, vice president of Ritz-Carlton's
Community Footprints
, the chain's social and environmental responsibility program.
"It in no way diminishes the luxury experience," Stephenson said. "We still have the best towels, linens and amenities."
Many Ritz-Carlton guests now use the same sheets two nights in a row (introduced in 2011) and hang up their towels to use another day (introduced in 2009).
"We've not had a single negative guest comment but have certainly had positive guest comments," Stephenson said. "Guests want to see we're doing the right thing."
It helps that the onus is really on the business to be responsible in its construction, hotel operations, food service and landscaping, she said. "The majority of what can be done for the environment is what we can do as a business," Stephenson said.
No matter the price point, no hotelier can afford to lose a guest because he or she doesn't like the way a hotel communicates its message.
Even Kimpton's DeFrino said the boutique chain won't roll out an environmental initiative if tests show that customers don't like it. But in Kimpton's case, DeFrino found that guests approve of their efforts.
"Our guest satisfaction has improved since our green initiatives were introduced, and it's given us confidence that efforts have not deteriorated the guest experience," he said.
The tide may be turning
It's possible that younger people used to recycling and saving water will bring those attitudes into their hotel stays as they age. Ritz-Carlton's Stephenson sees children leading their parents into caring about the environment on their hotel stays.
Betting that more and more consumers want to choose environmentally friendly hotels right now, travel website TripAdvisor is launching its GreenLeaders program this year to let travelers know which hotels have sustainable practices.
About 71% of travelers reported that they planned to choose hotels based on sustainability over the next year, compared with 65% in the previous survey, according to an
April 2012 Trip Advisor survey
Yet while 81% of hotels have some green programs, almost a quarter don't communicate that fact to their guests, said TripAdvisor spokeswoman Alison Croyle.
The website is accepting applications from hotels to qualify for a "GreenLeader" or "GreenPartner" label on the TripAdvisor site based on their sustainable practices. The program will rely on traveler feedback, and any discrepancies could trigger an independent audit of the hotel.
That's information that Genevieve Hein, 33, who always hangs up her towels at hotels to reuse them the next day, would enjoy having.
"Trying to limit my impact on the environment makes me feel good," said Hein, assistant director of residence life at Sarah Lawrence College in New York.
"When I go against my green principles for the sake of convenience or to go with the flow, I feel bad about myself and guilty. I can't imagine how those feelings would enhance my vacation, which is supposed to be all about feeling good."
Do you like to participate in a hotel's sustainable program
, or do they irritate you? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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During halloween with my friends, we make sure to give each other a fright.... We've done some silly pranks and shared scary stories with the lights out and so much for a romantic candle light moment; twas' definitely an eerie situation most especially when the wind blows so hard that we have to lit the candles again. Good thing we also have flash lights lol.. We also play spin the bottle and consequences are to stay in a pitch dark room which we feel is the scariest part of the house and the one I hate the most is to do the bloody Mary dare.
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MTInsight – IMTS 2012 marks the introduction of MTInsight, a game-changing business intelligence tool specialized to the manufacturing industry. With a growing cache of apps, MTInsight has the potential to bring manufacturing business leaders data and insight never before possible. ETC visitors can try out the MTInsight demo and learn more about the important data it has to offer.
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Dozens worked the floor in a recent ballroom dancing series sponsored by the Stark County Library District's Perry-Sippo Branch.
The dance craze hit Stark County recently, as many locals stepped out on the hardwood for a no-cost, three-lesson course of ballroom dancing.
The Perry Dance Series was held three consecutive Thursday nights in October at the Stark County District Library's Perry-Sippo Branch, which sponsored the event. Sandy Muirhead-Gould instructed the group, in which beginning dancers got their feet tapping to the fox trot, jitterbug and cha-cha.
"It's great to just be around people. It's energizing," said Muirhead-Gould of the dance class. "A lot of people come out for social reasons and to be able to dance at weddings, discos and night clubs."
During the group's Oct. 31 class, participants laughed as they nailed cha-cha moves and even chuckled during the moments they made a misstep.
Soon-to-be newlyweds Keith Clark and Gwen Smith, both of Perry Township, danced during the Oct. 17 and 24 sessions. Clark said the lessons have been beneficial for both of them.
"She's been wanting me to go, and I could never dance. So we talked about it and came out," said Clark, noting an injury kept him and Smith from dancing at the last class. "I feel like I'm bonding with her, and when we're dancing I've never seen her smile so big."
Clark and Smith were to be married Friday.
In addition to bonding and enjoyment, Muirhead-Gould said some "secondary benefits" of dancing include balance and cardiovascular health. It's also a nice blend of physical activity, social interaction and mental stimulation, she added.
Muirhead-Gould said 61 people danced in the first class of the series, 51 for the second, and about two dozen showed up on a rainy Halloween evening to conclude the event.
Some younger people also took to the dance floor during the three-part series.
"The class is really comfortable with simple steps and teaching," said 24-year-old Marissa Dubina, of Canton, who teamed up with her father, Sam, during the lessons. "You can take what you've learned and go dance somewhere else.
"It's really good exercise, and I'll feel a lot more comfortable at a wedding or something like that," she added.
In addition to her father, Dubina attended the dance classes with other family members, including her sister, Natalie Popiel, and brother-in-law, Samuel Popiel.
The Canal Fulton family also brought along their 12-week-old son, Henry, who was strapped to his mother in a sling or wrap during all three sessions.
"We didn't want to leave him out," said Sam Popiel. "He's really happy in the wrap, so we bring him. The dancing is fun for all of us."
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I am so disappointed with Undertow and their attitude. I have never been treated like this from a software company in the past. If I were closer, I'd drive there and tell them off, seriously! If you wonder why, here is an email exchange I had with them. Such a rotten attitude
** My email to them: **
From: Alex
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 6:20 PM
To: email@example.com
Subject: Provide Support
I have been running my copy of RV RoadTrip Navigator 2012 every so often, since 2012, without a problem. When I run it yesterday, I received a message for an update. I accepted the update, installed it and now I have all sorts of problems. First I lost all my saved trips, then, I can't see any of the GoodSam parks on my maps. Even worse, after I exited the program, created a new trip file and tried to get directions, I get a message that there is a catastrophic failure.
To add insult to injury, during the installation, I also received a sales pitch from UnderTow Software, which I never asked for. I was also getting constant reminders from them, each time I was running the program before, about an update. I do not want these! I have been a Good Sam member for many years and I really thought they were more ethical that selling my info to undertow so that I can be spammed on a daily basis, shame on them!
Anyway undertow, we are here now, so what are you going to do about this problem that I have? Or, are you only good at spamming people about new updates and new programs you want to sell them?
I expect an answer promptly!
Their response, really?
From: Undertow Support
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 6:34 PM
To: 'Alex'
Subject: RE: Provide Support
A couple of things. RTN2012 as discontinued by Trailer Life at the end of 2012 and the product is no longer supported. The messages that you were getting about the updates were not to sell you something new, as you say, but to give you a chance to download a "free" update to the RTN2012 product (which, BTW, you could very well refuse, you did not have to download it if you did not want to!). There is NO code in the update you downloaded and installed that is capable of deleting your trip files, OR hiding Good Sam parks from your maps. All that information is most probably still there, on your system, but some settings in your copy of the program are stopping you from being able to see it.
If you want to figure out what settings, you may want to post a question in the users forums, http://www.undertowsoftware.com/forums where other users may have encountered and solved similar problems and may want to share their experience with you (there is no longer support provided for RTN2012 by Undertow).
You can always re-install the software from the original CD and then not download ANY updates, if you think they are causing you problems.
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DOVER — The price of gasoline has jumped nearly 20 cents in New Hampshire during the last two weeks, keeping pace with national trends.
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In Maine, average retail gasoline prices rose 13.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.70 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy. The website surveys 1,228 outlets in Maine each day.
GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan said prices have been increasing not only in New Hampshire but across the country. The price of oil is rising in part because refinery maintenance is keeping some refineries offline, he said. Positive sentiment in the stock market can also translate into higher commodities prices, he said. "It's a double-edged sword," DeHaan said. "As the economy goes, so goes gas prices."
Gas prices usually increase in spring, but this year's spike is "pretty significant," and it's happening early in the year, according to DeHaan.
The national average has increased 21.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 4.4 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
"The national average has ticked higher in the last week, as rising oil prices have put upward pressure on gasoline prices," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "Unfortunately for angry motorists, there doesn't seem to be much relief in sight, at least for the time being, as retail prices continue to climb in virtually all areas of the country," DeHaan said.
According to GasBuddy, New Hampshire currently ranks at number 17 on the list of states with the most expensive gas prices. Number one on the list is Hawaii, at an average of $4.11 per gallon, followed by California, at $3.91, and New York, at $3.86, according to GasBuddy.
On the bottom of the website's list is Wyoming, where regular gasoline is retailing at an average of $2.89 per gallon. Also low on the list are Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
The price of residential heating oil also rose during the month of January, according to data maintained by the U.S. Energy Information Industry. In New Hampshire, the average price for a gallon of Number 2 heating oil hit about $3.90 during the week of January, according to EIA. That's up from $3.82 at the end of December.
That price is still shy of the all-time high in the state. Residential heating oil prices climbed to $4.07 per gallon last March, the highest level in New Hampshire since at least 1990, according to EIA data.
Cheapest gas prices in NH
As of noon on Monday, GasBuddy.com was indicating that the 15 cheapest prices in the state for regular gasoline — reported by consumers — were:
$3.33 Red and Gold, Concord
$3.37 Ralph's Service Station, Milford
$3.39 Mobil, Lafayette Road and Atlantic Avenue, North Hampton
$3.39 Irving, South Main Street, near Kendrick Farm Road, Franklin
$3.42 TA Travel Center, Greenland
$3.45 Gulf, Portsmouth Avenue and Tuttle Lane, Greenland
$3.45 Gulf, Amherst Street and Broad Street, Nashua
$3.45 BP, Mount Vernon Street and Amherst Street, Milford
$3.46 Cumberland Farms, Lafayette and Elwyn roads, Portsmouth
$3.46 Gulf, Webster and Union streets, Manchester
$3.46 Gulf, Union and Valley streets, Manchester
$3.46 Gulf, Gosling Road and Woodbury Avenue, Newington
$3.46 Mobil, Lafayette Road, near Greenleaf Woods Drive, Portsmouth
$3.46 Sam's Club, Sheep Davis Road, near D'Amante Drive, Concord
$3.47 Irving, West Street, near Daniel Webster Highway, Ashland


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Walking in nature
Soaring like a sleepless guardian above the city of Volos, Mt Pelion is gorgeous throughout the year. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been chosen by the Centaurs for trotting though its forests, by the nymphs for bathing in its running waters, by warriors for crossing its arched bridges. Irresistibly attractive, Mt Pelion allures visitors from Greece and abroad for all kinds of activities, including hiking. According to many, this is the perfect way in which one can take in the magic of the mountain's atmosphere and explore hidden gems of superb beauty.
Depending on your stamina and taste, there are dozens of hikes you can choose from. Here are just a few:
Tsagkarada – Damouchari: 3km / easy/ 1 hour
The central square of the village of Tsagkarada is the starting point, right by the famous over-a-thousand-year-old plane tree. A zigzagging downward cobbled street through the plane trees will take you to the beach of Damouchari on a way resplendent by the Greek sun and the Aegean panorama.
Kala Nera – Milies: 11km / medium / 3 hours
Built on the seashore, Kala Nera is a beautiful village that knows not what thirst is, as it is full of fountains. A great part of the hike follows the railway. Lush vegetation of wild flowers and birds' singing will be etched on your memory. When you get to the village of Milies, grasp the chance to take a ride along the slopes of Mt Pelion aboard the legendary "Moutzouris", the oldest railway in the country.
Zagora – Chorefto: 3km / very easy / 1.5 hours
Being the easiest of them all, it is the perfect hike for families. Departing from the village that is famous for its apples, we take the downward road to the wonderful beach of Chorefto, the place from which the apples would start their international exporting journeys back in the old times.
Ano Lechonia – Agios Georgios Nileias: 4km / medium / 2 hours
At the foot of the mountain, the village of Ano Lechonia is like a Garden of Eden. Take the upward road to Agios Georgios, one of the most scenic villages in the area with a fantastic view to the Pagasetic Gulf. Trails and cobbled ways will take you through olive groves, ravines and picturesque chapels to prove your choice excellent.
Veneto – Monastery of Flamouri – Ano Kerasia: 12.9 km / demanding / 5 hours
One of the most beautiful hikes in the northern part of the mountain will take you through the thick forest of chestnut and oak trees, running waters and wild ravines to a glade where the historic and striking monastery of Flamouri stands. Refresh yourselves with a visit to it!
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Orioles Win One For Frank Robinson (4/28/2012)
During the week leading up to Saturday, April 28, 2012, we were looking forward to our first game of the season at Camden Yards. But the weather outlook was sketchy. Rain seemed to be in the forecast. And I was going back-and-forth regarding whether Kellan should join me and Tim for this game. I wanted him to join us, but I feared having to corral him in the rain. But on Friday, I made the decision: Kellan would definitely join us.
So let's do it.
It was our first night game of the season. After having a nice relaxing day lounging around the house, we hopped in the car where Tim and Kellan kept themselves entertained during the drive south:
When we walked up to the stadium at 4:30 in the afternoon, a huge crowd was already waiting at the gates…
…, which apparently upset Kellan (he wasn't too interested in getting his picture at the time).
Luckily, when it comes to Camden Yards, we know *people* and those people are permanently first in line…
…and so were we. In that last picture, along with Tim, Avi Miller and Matt Hersl, that is 1,100+ baseball ballhawk and east coast Oakland A's fan, Rick Gold. Rick and I have known each other for a while through myGameBalls.com and twitter, but this was the first time we had ever met in person. Despite rooting for the wrong A.L. West team, Rick is a pretty cool guy.
Kellan grabbed a spot on the backpack-checking table and had a great time hanging out with the guys:
The crowd was so big because the Orioles were set to unveil a new Frank Robinson statue at a ceremony at 5:15 p.m. The ceremonyfeatured Robinson, Hank Aaron, Eddie Murray, Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer and others. As we waited at the gate, Hammerin' Hank Aaron and his wife zoomed by (inside the gate) on a golf cart. A few minutes later, Eddie Murray walked by…
…and I took two of the worst possible pictures of him – that last one is the *better* of my two Eddie Murray pictures! The statue unveiling was part of the Orioles' celebration of the 20th anniversary of Camden Yards. (Think, when Camden Yards opened, Fenway Park was a mere 80-year-old spring chicken of a ballpark).
I knew Hank Aaron was going to be at this game, and I really wanted to see him in person. But I didn't want to sit through the crowded ceremony. So we headed into the ballpark for BP once the gates opened. As usual, we headed for the third base line:
Kellan absolutely loves wearing his glove and trying to catch baseballs around the house. His hand is so tiny that he cannot close the glove so he relies on the ball just landing in there and not bouncing out. Early in BP, he made his first ever attempt on a toss-up from a MLB player, Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz (who was wearing a "Brady Anderson" embroidered glove):
That is easily my favorite picture of the season so far. In our first three games, my camera has been annoying me like nobody's business. It is ruining a ton of my pictures and really seems to have it out for me. But my camera apparently felt the gravity of the situation and it worked perfectly in the crunch and captured that last picture.
Thanks, Camera!
And thank you, too, Brian Matusz!
By the way, the ball bounced off of the side of Kellan's glove and fell to his feet. But it was a great moment anyway.
Kellan grabbed his new baseball and held it tight:
Hey, remember that ceremony I mentioned? During BP, it was taking place in the picnic area behind the bullpens:
We decided to head over there for a little peak. But it was so crowded we could hardly see the panel of Hall of Famers – and my only picture attempt came out totally unrecognizable because I had to take the photo through trees, flowers, people, etc., etc.
We decided to head off to the restroom. Normally, cameras are off limits in the restrooms, but I couldn't help taking this next one because Kellan looked so cute and funny lying on the flip-down baby changing table with is big baseball glove:
He was like, "Hey, let's get this done so we can get back out there!"
And get back out there we did.
We headed back to the third base line. Unfortunately, he had taken Kellan's umbrella stroller into the stadium, which was a terrible idea. Tim was in charge of rolling it around (empty) and finding places to stash it during BP. He seemed to like taking charge of this task and he was vehemently opposed to just leaving it out in deep LF while we went back to the third base line.
Anyway…when we returned to the field, the A's pitchers were playing catch down the line. When he finished playing catch, we thought Jim Miller was going to throw a baseball to Tim. We were both excited for the third chance in three weeks for Tim to catch a toss-up from a player. But then Miller decided to walk it over and hand-deposit it into Tim's glove:
Thanks, Mr. Miller!
Although there was no one in our vicinity blocking the rows of seats, Tim decided to climb back up to our spot in the tenth row (which I figured was out of foul ball range – I didn't want any baseballs beaning my boys):
It was a long slow climb and during the process Tim dropped his baseball. It rolled all the way back down to the first row. I had to run back down and scooped it up for Tim.
Although we weren't *at* the Frank Robinson ceremony, it was pretty cool being inside the ballpark during the unveiling. They had lots of nice videos playing on the scoreboards…
…and all of the speakers were broadcast over the PA system. It was really cool being in the same building and hearing Hank Aaron speaking about his friend Frank Robinson, and then hearing Frank Robinson talk about himself and his teammates.
Tim decided he wanted to scoot out to LF by the bullpens so we could see Avi. We walked out there, didn't find Avi, and, almost immediately, it started raining and BP was cancelled. Out came the tarp:
And off we headed to the Club Level to eat some snacks and avoid the rain:
We were up there a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time. I'm not sure what time the rain started coming down, but it felt like we were up in the Club Level for about ten hours. When I finally looked at the clock on my phone, I saw that it was still another whole hour until the game was set to start! Yikes. Rain outs during BP make for a whole lotta down time.
After the boys ate a ton of snacks, we walked all over the Club Level and I took a bunch of photos of the various lounge areas. The Club Level at Camden Yards is not all that fancy, but it's a good place to duck into and kill some time when it is raining. Here is what it looks like…
…and this is in a glass case just behind the main entrance to the Club Level:
We eventually ran into Avi and a couple of his friends in one of the little lounge areas. I sat down and chatted with them while Tim danced and tried to entertain everyone…
…and Kellan ran a million laps around two people sitting in chairs watching TV (one of them is above Kellan in that picture). Eventually, this resulted in a giant catastrophe – Tim decided to show Avi's friends how fast he is, so he ran two laps around the chairs in the opposite direction of Kellan and the two collided chest-to-chest on the second lap. I could see it about to happen in slow motion as the scene unfolded, but I was helpless to stop it. Tim completely flattened Kellan, who fell back and smacked his head on the floor. It was a bad scene with lots and lots of crying.
Luckily, after five minutes sobbing uncontrollably on my shoulder, Kellan pulled through and was back to giggling and running around again.
When they did a second ceremony on the field, I snuck outside and snapped a few pictures:
In the upper left, that is Earl Weaver walking the "orange carpet." In the bottom right, of course, that is Hammerin' Hank Aaron.
Hidden under the orange sheet (bottom left), the Orioles presented Frank Robinson with a 2-foot tall replica of his new statue. Half an hour later, two guys walked by us in the Club Level carrying that little statue (which looked really heavy) to a suite (which I assumed was the owner's suite) where all of the Hall of Famers watched the game.
All of a sudden, Hall of Famer Jim Palmer walked by and posed for a picture with (grumpy looking) Tim:
Although he has such a wonderful smile, Tim is prone to do these "grumpy" faces in pictures because he thinks it makes him look cool. He's a big fan of being cool! Always has been. Growing up is an interesting process, eh? He keeps it fun, even if his *cool* / *grumpy* face stands in for his big smile in some pictures.
Anyway, after the photo with grumpy-faced Tim, Jim Palmer handed a "Luis Ayala" embroidered glove to Tim and was like "here, try this on." Then Palmer handed Tim a baseball and was like, "here, hold this baseball…but you can't have it because I have to give it to Frank Robinson." I'm pretty sure the glove and baseball were used by Frank Robinson when he threw out the first pitch.
As the game started, it was time for some dinner. Kellan and I shared nachos…
…and Tim opted for some chicken fingers and fries.
After eating, the three of us headed out to the newly redesigned flag court:
The previous tall, two foot wide padded wall at the front of the flag court is now replaced with a short wrought iron fence. Just like when Tim was 2-3 years old, Kellan LOVED the flag court and he ran around like crazy all over the flag court and Eutaw Street.
Chasing Kellan in the flag court was too much work for both me and Tim, so we decided to take the long way around the ballpark on our way out to left field. On our way by RF, I noticed that the Orioles had a "20" painted on the grass in RF:
Of course, Frank Robinson played RF and the Orioles have retired his number 20.
While we were out in the flag court, it was the top of the second inning and the Orioles put up a 5-spot on the strength of six singles (by Adam Jones, Wilson Betemit, Chris Davis, Ronny Paulino, Robert Andino, and Nolan Reimold) and a sacrifice fly by J.J. Hardy.
That made the score 5-0 Orioles.
We never headed up there to check it out, but on our walk around the stadium, I took this photo of the new party deck above the batters' eye:
And as we neared home plate, the A's prized offseason acquisition, Yoenis Cespedes, had his turn at the plate:
He came up empty on that hack, and then hit a foul pop out to first base.
When we reached LF, we headed out to see the new Frank Robinson statue in the picnic area (which appears to be open to the public now, or at least it was for this game):
Then we grabbed some empty seats in section 86:
Although it was still drizzling a bit, the boys shared a swirl ice cream helmet:
And then they watched the very light rain fall on us:
Tim grabbed his glove and tried to catch specific drops as he tracked them on their way down to earth.
While we were out in LF, Adam Jones led off the top of the third inning with a single and then scored the Orioles sixth run of the night on a double by Wilson Betemit. That made it 6-0 Orioles. Things were looking good for the Orioles on a night dedicated to celebrating Frank Robinson.
Around the fifth inning, we relocated to the cross-aisle behind home plate. This was our view for a big chunk of the rest of the game:
Tim and I watched for foul balls (and a couple came somewhat close to us) while Kellan relaxed in my arms, never quite falling asleep.
During the seventh inning stretch, the Orioles Bird (as he is prone to do) sat on the ledge of the TV booth behind home plate. Kellan totally loved it and he repeated "BIRD!" about 800 times. While the Bird was up there, Kellan's "BIRDs" were declaratory (i.e., "there is a bird!"). Then, after the Bird left the ledge, Kellan's "BIRDs" turned inquisitive in nature (i.e., "where are you, bird?"). It was pretty cute.
In the seventh inning, Chris Davis blasted a monster homerun to RF:
The homerun cleared the flag court and crashed down on Eutaw Street. After the game, I heard one of the TV announcers mention that it was the 25th Orioles homerun to land on Eutaw Street…or maybe Davis was the 25th Oriole to hit a homerun out to Eutaw Street, I'm not quite sure.
I missed some scoring, the Davis blast made the score 10-1 Orioles.
We decided to head back up to the Club Level where we had left Kellan's stroller at the front desk. We really went up there because Tim wanted to see Avi. We met up with Avi and watched Bryce Harper's first at bat of his MLB career…an incredibly weak groundout to the pitcher.
And then we all (including Avi) headed back down to the Cross Aisle behind home plate. As we approached our spot, someone hit a foul ball to the guy sitting next to the person directly behind/above the spot where we had been standing for several innings. Had we been there, I might have had a play on it, but it would have required me to make a jumping catch above my head while holding Kellan, which would have been very difficult. We still could have got it if the ball had bounced down into the Cross Aisle, but the guy took the ball directly to his gut, and it fell harmlessly to his feet for an easy pick up. He was from Oakland (or at least he was decked out in A's gear) so it was no doubt a cool moment for the guy.
Anyway, we went back to our same spot. Over the course of a bunch of innings standing in the Cross Aisle, none of the ushers ever told us to get out of there. In fact, one of them eventually came and said, "Hey, why don't you just sit down right here?" He was concerned that someone else running for a foul ball might fun us over.
So we obliged him:
And each half inning until the game ended, we crept up a little closer to the field:
I took some random action shots…
…but the scoring was done for the night.
We kept moving forward because I wanted to go for an umpire ball. As we got closer and closer, about 10,000 kids, teens and adults all flocked to the tunnel with the same idea. I guess everyone wants one of those nice commemorative Camden Yards 20th Anniversary baseballs.
We made it to the very bottom spot and we were the first people there when home plate umpire Eric Cooper left the field of play. But he completely ignored everyone and gave out zero of those fancy commemorative baseballs.
We had one more idea – get over to the Orioles dugout (which was packed with fans) to see if anyone might toss up a commemorative baseball over there.
No such luck.
But that doesn't mean there was *no luck* — indeed, there was a lot of luck left hanging in the night air.
As Orioles bullpen catcher Ronnie Deck approached the dugout, I called out, "Hey, Ronnie!" and gave him the obligatory *hit me* glove flap. He had an equipment bag (which no doubt had a commemorative baseball nestled inside) hanging from his shoulder, but Ronnie just held out his open glove to show us *no baseball*, but then he looked down into his glove and gave himself a little *hmmm, okay* shrug. He reached into his baseball glove, grabbed his batting gloves and tossed them to us.
The fans in front of us were nice enough not to intercept the gloves, which were clearly intended for us but would have been easy for another couple fans to catch before they reached us, and I caught them in my baseball glove.
Tim was SUPER-EXCITED about these batting gloves.
An usher took a picture of the three of us with our post-game prize:
Avi witnessed the toss-up from Ronnie Deck and came over to chat with us. Before we headed out, I took two pictures of Tim and Avi. Avi decided to smile in the first picture, and Tim decided to smile in the second picture, so let's take a look at both:
Before we left the stadium, we got one last picture of Tim and his new gloves (no chance he is sharing them with his little bro!):
Note the cool "20" with a spot light on the side of the warehouse behind Tim. Cool.
When we got to the car, Tim told me not to tell mommy about the gloves. They were a secret. When we got off the phone, he asked if he could show her something when he got home. Something secret. He slept then entire ride home (as did Kellan). But at 1:00 a.m., Tim let mommy in on his little secret before hopping into his bed.
So, there you go, a great night of baseball at Camden Yards. Now we have an off-week and then it's time for the Fifth Annual Cook Grandfather-Father-Son Baseball Roadtrip. It is going to be an AWESOME trip this season with stops in Minnesota, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. Our Mariners/Rockies games in Denver will mark a major milestone for me and Tim: we will finally have seen all thirty MLB teams play a home game (of course, with the opening of Marlins Park this season, we now have to go back to Miami before we can say we have been to every current MLB stadium – that will happen in September!).
This season's GFS Roadtrip will also be extra special because it will feature a new and improved lineup: Jim, Todd, Tim and Kellan! That's double the "Sons" and double the fun!
Stay tuned.
2012 C&S Fan Stats
|3/2 Games (Tim/Kellan)
|6/4 Teams – Tim – Phillies, Mets, Marlins, Athletics, Orioles, Nationals; Kellan – Marlins, Nationals, Athletics, Orioles
|2 Ice Cream Helmet(s) – Phillies 1, Orioles 1
|14 Baseballs – Marlins 4, Mets 4, Nationals 1, Phillies 1, Umpires 2, Orioles 1, Athletics 1
|1 Commemorative Baseball(s) – Marlins Park
|3/2 Stadiums – Tim – Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Camden Yards; Kellan – Nationals Park, Camden Yards
|1/0 Player Photos – Tim – Ricky Bones; Kellan – N/A
2 Batting Gloves – Ronnie Deck


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Sox lid: A hat is not just a hat
It's almost time for major league baseball's spring training to begin. Until this year, I have never really paid attention to spring training because I've never really been a fan. Until now. Thanks to a hat.
A friend once said "Men who wear hats go bald." I replied: "Men who go bald wear hats."
Though I wear baseball hats, the bulk of my knowledge of America's Pastime comes from Ken Burns' 18-hour PBS documentary, "Baseball," a program I watched during a weekend I was disabled from major oral surgery. Among the many things I learned about was "the curse of the Bambino," the legend centered on Babe Ruth's anger at being sold by the Boston Red Sox. It's a popular explanation for the Red Sox 85-year World Series drought.
Long-suffering Sox fans are united by the hope that the curse will relent and the team will finally win the prize. They are also united by their disdain toward the New York Yankees– an organization that began a decades-long dynasty by pilfering the stars of the 1918 World Series, including Ruth.
In August of 2002, my wife and I honeymooned in Boston. On a lark, we attempted to buy tickets to a sold-out game at Fenway Park. We enjoyed the carnival atmosphere outside, despite not getting in, and we each bought Boston Red Sox ball caps. Immediately, people's perception of us changed.
For the rest of our time in Boston, complete strangers struck up uninitiated conversations: "Did you see the game last night?" "Are you going to the game tonight?" "How about those Sox?"
We immediately became accepted by long suffering Red Sox fans, and were touched by the instant camaraderie. We were treated warmly and made friends everywhere we went. A couple we knew from Charlottesville, who had relocated outside Boston, were perplexed when we reported to them how friendly Bostonians were to us. I believe it was the hat.
When we returned to Charlottesville from our honeymoon, I was surprised that our hats continued to draw attention. Former Bostonians approached us. People stopped me in stores to express their hopes for the upcoming Sox season. Sometimes I would explain that it was a souvenir of a wonderful trip, and other times I would support their joy by just smiling. I was too embarrassed to say, "Hey! It's just a hat!"
Usually the exchanges were touching; sometimes they were outrageous.
While attending an outdoor concert soon after the honeymoon, I was walking through the crowd when a woman approaching me with a huge grin and an outstretched hand.
"Congratulations!" she yelled, and I assumed she was one of my new wife's many friends talking about the marriage. Nope. "It's so nice to see a real hat here tonight!" the Stranger said as she took my hand. "I've seen so many damned Yankees hats here, it makes me want to puke!"
When the 2003 baseball season began, a long string of wins suggested the Sox would end "the curse of the Bambino." As the season wore on, it also appeared that the Chicago Cubs might also make it to the World Series. Fans and non-fans alike started chattering about the dream Series match-up of Boston and Chicago for the first time since 1918 (the last time Boston won the Series).
The chatter increased when the American League playoffs pitted the Red Sox against the Yankees, and the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins were fighting for the National League pennant. The chatter around my hat magnified.
The bakery where I work allows me to wear a hat, and I would greet customers while wearing my dark blue hat with a bright red and white "B." I started getting caught up in the American League series. People would come in the day after each game and discuss it with hope– until New York started pulling ahead.
People who used to greet me and ask for their favorite cookies were saying, "It'll never happen," or "Boston hasn't got a chance."
Now, instead of being appreciated by Charlottesville's contingent of Boston fans, I was being reviled by local Yankee fans. They came in and gloated after each New York win, which propelled me to root during each game even harder for Boston to turn things around. One Yankees fan warned, "You are going to get your [butt] kicked!"
"Boston, maybe– not me!" I snapped, pointing to my head. "It's just a hat!"
Unfortunately, the Cubbies, aided by an over-zealous fan's interference, lost against the Marlins and ended hopes of the dream series. At least there was still hope for the end of the Curse. I sweated it out as Boston fought boldly to win the sixth game. With the teams tied in the Series, it all came down to the seventh game.
Boston's star pitcher, Pedro Martinez, took the mound and was poised to take the game and go to the World Series. I squealed with delight as he took out most batters. Unfortunately, manager Grady Little made the poor decision to let Martinez continue to pitch when it was obvious he was getting worn down. Boston lost. Devastated, I slapped the power switch on the TV before I had to watch the Yankees and their fans celebrate.
When I returned to work, I wore different hats. I didn't want to hear the Yankee fans, and I didn't want to hear the long-suffering Boston fans' decades-old mantra of "wait-until-next-year!" I avoided watching the World Series, though I was glad the up-start Marlins beat "the best team money can buy." Maybe I was being a fair-weather friend to the Boston Red Sox, but I didn't care.
Despite not wearing the hat, I took one more jab for Boston. Shortly after the New York team was defeated, I unintentionally wore my Boston subway shirt to work. A customer came to the counter, looked at me and said, "Why are you wearing a 'loser' shirt?"
I defended the shirt as a souvenir of the Boston subway system, deflecting the intended slander of the Sox. As the customer went out the door, the smug look on her face made me realize that she was a Yankee fan. I stood behind the counter and fought the urge to run to the door and scream out: "Losers? Can you say Marlins?"
Okay– maybe it's not just a hat...
Carroll Trainum can often be spotted behind the counter at BreadWorks, in his Boston hat or one of his many others. At other times, he can be found pounding away at yet another screenplay.